Legislation

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to improve water or waste disposal grants or direct or guaranteed loans, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to increase interagency cooperation in the enforcement of standards for importing organic agricultural products, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — HELP Separated Children Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification system.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish a permanent community care program for veterans, to improve the recruitment of health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve construction by the Department, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to reform the procedures provided under such Act for the initiation, investigation, and resolution of claims alleging that employing offices of the legislative branch have violated the rights and protections provided to their employees under such Act, including protections against sexual harassment and discrimination, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Disclosing Pharmaceutical Company Windfall Profits Act of 2018

Cosponsored — Disaster Housing Assistance Act

Sponsored — A bill to ensure that certain materials used in carrying out Federal infrastructure aid programs are made in the United States, and for other purposes.

Sponsored — A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to reauthorize the rural emergency medical services training and equipment assistance program under section 330J of the Public Health Service Act.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify the effective date of the promotion of commissioned officers of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, to improve processes for Federal recognition of the promotions of such officers, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018

Cosponsored — A bill to authorize the United States Postal Service to inspect the contents of certain suspicious packages for illicit materials without a warrant.

Sponsored — A bill to increase the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to restrict the entrance of illicit drugs into the United States.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the preparation of career and technical education teachers.

Sponsored — A bill to expand domestic content requirements for certain shipboard components, and for other purposes.